Plagued by nuisance calls esp from India

daytona0

Lol, this reminds me of an outbound call I once did (a bit off topic)....

I'm cold calling a landlord on the instruction of the tenant, in order to give the landlord a completely free service. So I explain it to the woman on the other end, and she turns round and says "are you a sales call?" to which I respond "no, our services are absolutely free and we have been set up by xxx to help tenants with these issues".... her: "right ok, but are you selling something?" - "umm no I'm not...". She ended up getting all defensive and fobbed me off by giving me the general email. Therefore, she will be emailed within 2 weeks and the problem for the tenant will now fester for a while

Conclusion, not all things are too good to be true!!! But they are more likely to be a sales call/con.

tgon

BT 8500 - sorted for ever!

System

I will invest in a True Call. But my car insurance is up for renewal early next month.

pendragon_arther

One guy had the right answer but was unfairly vilified by others http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/16/speakers-corner/4511631/for-those-who-have-had-the-rogue/

Sheel

There are several cheaper alternatives to Truecall such as THIS ONE at just under £30, THIS ONE at just under £40 and THIS ONE at just over £50.

I've considered buying one myself, but when I think about it i'm not really that bothered by the calls. I let most calls with numbers I don't recognise go to the answer machine and if they don't say anything then it can't be all that important.

System

Sheel wrote: »

I've considered buying one myself, but when I think about it i'm not really that bothered by the calls. I let most calls with numbers I don't recognise go to the answer machine and if they don't say anything then it can't be all that important.

I have friends and family that have a fear with answering machines - and never leave a message. The other week, I rang one of them back. They said that one of Dad's cousins died.

Sheel

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I have friends and family that have a fear with answering machines - and never leave a message. The other week, I rang one of them back. They said that one of Dad's cousins died.

We're not talking about family and friends though are we? We're talking about junk calls and if you've rung a friend or relative back then you obviously recognised the number.

You can do a search for unknown numbers at sites such as whocallsme.